Tracy Camp
{{short description|American computer scientist}}
{{ Infobox scientist
| name = Tracy Kay Camp
| image = TracyCamp.jpeg
| caption = Tracy Camp
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|09|27}}
| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| fields = Computer science
| workplaces = Colorado School of Mines
University of Alabama
Computing Research Association
| alma_mater = The College of William and Mary
Michigan State University
Kalamazoo College
| doctoral_advisor = Phil Kearns
| doctoral_students =
| known_for =
| website = {{URL|http://inside.mines.edu/~tcamp/}}
| awards = ACM Fellow (2012)
ACM Distinguished Scientist (2006)
}}
Tracy Kay Camp (born September 27, 1964) is an American computer scientist noted for her research on wireless networking. She is also noted for her leadership in broadening participation in computing. She was the co-chair of CRA-W from 2011 to 2014 and she was
the co-chair of ACM-W{{cite web|url=http://women.acm.org/|title=January (email) - ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing|website=Women.acm.org}} from 1998 to 2002. On July 1, 2022, she became the Executive Director {{cite web |url=https://cra.org/crn/2022/01/tracy-camp-named-computing-research-association-executive-director/ |title=Tracy Camp Named Computing Research Association Executive Director |accessdate=2024-09-27 }} of the Computing Research Association
Biography
Camp received a B.A. in Mathematics from Kalamazoo College in 1987. She received a M.S. in Computer Science from Michigan State University in 1989 and a Ph.D in Computer Science from The College of William & Mary in 1993.[https://cs.mines.edu/project/camp-tracy/ "Tracy Camp - Professor and Department Head, Computer Science"], "Colorado School of Mines"
She then joined the Department of Computer Science at the University of Alabama as an assistant professor in 1993. In 1998 she moved to the Colorado School of Mines as an assistant professor, and was then promoted
to associate professor in 2000 and to professor in 2007.
In 2010–11, she was interim head of Mathematical and Computer Sciences and then
interim head of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. In this role, she helped lead this re-organization of the university. She was Head of the Department of Computer Science at Colorado School of Mines for several years
Awards
was named an ACM Fellow.
Her other notable awards include:
- 2021 SIGCSE Test of Time Award{{cite web|url=https://sigcse.org/programs/awards/test-of-time.html |title=SIGCSE Test of Time Award |access-date=2025-03-09 }} that recognizes an outstanding paper published in the SIGCSE community that has had meaningful impact on computing education practice and research. This award was for her paper published in 1997 entitled "The Incredible Shrinking Pipeline",{{cite journal
|author = Tracy Camp
|year = 1997
|title = The incredible shrinking pipeline
|journal = Communications of the ACM
| publisher = Association of Computing Machinery
| volume = 40
| number = 10
|pages =103-110}}
published in the Communications of the ACM.
- ACM Fellow (2012){{Cite web |url=http://awards.acm.org/homepage.cfm?srt=all&awd=157 |title=ACM Awards |access-date=2012-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102213535/http://awards.acm.org/homepage.cfm?srt=all&awd=157 |archive-date=2013-01-02 |url-status=dead }}
- IEEE Fellow (2016){{Cite web|url=http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/senior/new_senior_members.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415075102/http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/senior/new_senior_members.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 15, 2013|title=Newly Elevated Senior Members|last=|first=|date=|website=Ieee.org|access-date=}}
References
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External links
- Colorado School of Mines: [http://inside.mines.edu/~tcamp/ Tracy Kay Camp, Department of Computer Science]
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Category:American women computer scientists
Category:American computer scientists
Category:Colorado School of Mines faculty
Category:2012 fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
Category:Scientists from Detroit